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Why Should We Engage in the 2021 UN High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS? (Video)

24 May, 2021 The United Nations General Assembly 2021 High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS (HLM) will take place from 8-10 June 2021. This kind of meeting only occurs once every five years and is a critical opportunity for people who use drugs to push for policies we have been advocating for in global spaces over decades, and for key population networks… Read More »Why Should We Engage in the 2021 UN High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS? (Video)

The Right to Rights: How do we get there for People who Use Drugs

8 June, 2021 The right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health of people who use drugs is interdependent and indivisible from a range of rights, including the right to non-discrimination and self-determination, the right to be free from arbitrary detention, violence and bodily integrity and autonomy, amongst others. This side event, conducted during the 2021 United… Read More »The Right to Rights: How do we get there for People who Use Drugs

Drug Decriminalisation: Progress or Political Red Herring? (Video)

15 July, 2021 As more countries move towards decriminalizing drug use and drug possession, it is crucial to listen and center the perspectives people who use drugs have on these policies. Without taking into consideration whether the needs of the people most impacted by criminalisation are being addressed, it is impossible to claim decriminalisation is as politically transformative as many… Read More »Drug Decriminalisation: Progress or Political Red Herring? (Video)

Peers in the Pandemic: How Networks of People who Use Drugs Responded to the COVID-19 Pandemic (Video)

6 October, 2021 The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted life as we know it, forcing us to adjust to new realities under lockdown conditions that all too often left people who use drugs behind and at increased risk of harm as many of the health services we have come to rely on were closed, defunded or made inaccessible. Peers faced an increased… Read More »Peers in the Pandemic: How Networks of People who Use Drugs Responded to the COVID-19 Pandemic (Video)

Community Guide: Sex Workers who Use Drugs

22 October, 2015 Pусский | Español | Français | 简体中文 This Community Guide summarises the Sex Workers Who Use Drugs: Ensuring a Joint Approach briefing paper by INPUD and NSWP. The community guide highlights the specific needs and rights of sex workers who use drugs. It provides an overview of the ways in which sex workers who use drugs face double criminalisation and associated police harassment,… Read More »Community Guide: Sex Workers who Use Drugs

What does Universal Health Coverage Mean for People who Use Drugs: A Technical Brief

24 September, 2019 Universal Health Coverage (UHC) as a concept is not new. In fact, its origins date back to the WHO Constitution of 1948 and the ground-breaking Alma-Ata Declaration from the 1978 International Conference on Primary Health Care, urging governments to promote the health of all people. This principle is enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Given… Read More »What does Universal Health Coverage Mean for People who Use Drugs: A Technical Brief

Drug User Peace Initiative

January 2015 The so-called ‘war on drugs’ has, with its attendant prohibition of drugs and criminalisation of people who use drugs, driven and exacerbated the risks, harms, and costs that are associated with drug use. In reality, the war on drugs is a war on people who use drugs; it is a war on our health and a war on… Read More »Drug User Peace Initiative

Extended-Release Opioid Agonist Products: A Community Position Statement

4 December, 2019 In recent years, services and options for people with opiate dependence have expanded to include a range of prolonged-release buprenorphine formulations. Although these new options can represent the right solution for some individuals, a significant risk of a coercive use exists, especially in countries where people who use drugs are highly criminalised and discriminated against. In such… Read More »Extended-Release Opioid Agonist Products: A Community Position Statement

Is Decriminalisation Enough? Drug User Community Voices from Portugal

28 September 2018 This is the first community-driven evaluation of the outcomes of Portugal’s decriminalisation of people who use drugs. Introduced in 2000, Portugal’s model of decriminalisation has been hugely influential and is frequently referred to as an example of legislative reform that has improved public health, social order, and the health and wellbeing of people who use drugs. However,… Read More »Is Decriminalisation Enough? Drug User Community Voices from Portugal

The impact of inequalities on HIV and viral hepatitis prevention, treatment, care and support among people who use drugs

17 March 2022 The remarks below were delivered by Adeeba Kamarulzaman, President of the International AIDS Society, at the 65th CND in Vienna. They build off the pre-CND consultation, The impact of inequalities on HIV and viral hepatitis prevention, treatment, care and support among people who use drugs, organised by the UNODC in collaboration with INPUD, the IAS, and WHO… Read More »The impact of inequalities on HIV and viral hepatitis prevention, treatment, care and support among people who use drugs